Summary: A good name is to be more desired than great riches, favor is better than silver and gold.

In the Bible, whenever God was instructing His people to do something, He always gave them a detailed procedures, i.e., building the tabernacle, the ark, or the temple. God gave detailed laws that the Israelites were to follow while living in the Promised Land. The Bible is full of examples of the importance making and spending money.

Proverbs 21:5 tells us that, “The plans of the diligent lead surely to advantage, but everyone who is hasty comes surely to poverty.” Luke 14:28-30 says, “For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who observe it begin to ridicule him, saying, ’This man began to build and was not able to finish.’”

There are more than 2,000 verses teaching about finances. Here are few of them arranged by topic:

· Budgeting

· Contentment

· Debt

· Giving

· Greed

· Honesty

· Idolatry

· Riches

· Saving and Investing

· Taxes/Tribute

· The Poor

· Work

1. Budgeting

As Christians, we recognize that everything we have is a gift from God. We are not the owners; we are simply the managers of what He has entrusted to us. Knowing this fact should give us a better perspective on how we handle money. A budget is a great way to make sure we are handling money in the best way.

"Any enterprise is built by wise planning, becomes strong through common sense, and profits wonderfully by keeping abreast of the facts" (Proverbs 24:3-4, TLB)

2. Contentment

"Let your character be free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, ’I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you,’ so that we confidently say, “The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid" (Hebrews 13:5-6)

"If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content" (1 Timothy 6:8)